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M4: General Points to Consider in Writing Appendices

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Whenc ons i der i ngwhet hert oi nc l udec ont enti n anappendi x,k eepi nmi ndt hef ol l owi ngpoi nt s :

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I ti sus ual l ygoodpr act i c et o ay i ng i nc l udey ourr awdat ai nanappendi x,l i touti nac l earf or mats ot her eadercanr ec hec ky ourr es ul t s .Anot heropt i oni fy ou hav eal ar geamountofr awdat ai st o c ons i derpl ac i ngi tonl i neandnot et hi sas t heappendi xt oy ourr es ear c hpaper . 2. Anyt abl esandfigur esi ncl udedi n t heappendi xshoul dbenumber edasa s epar at es equenc ef r om t hemai npaper . cesc ont ai nnonRemembert hatappendi es sent i al i nf or mat i ont hat ,i fr emo v ed,woul d notdi mi ni s har eader ' sunder s t andi ngoft he ov er al l r es ear chpr obl em bei ngi nv es t i gat ed. Thi si swhynont ex t ual el ement ss houl dnot c ar r yov ert hes equent i alnumber i ngof el ement si nt hepaper . 3. I fy ouhav emor et hant hr ee appendi c es ,cons i derl i st i ngt hem ona s epar at epageatt hebegi nni ngofy our .Thi swi l l paper( AFTERREFERENCES) hel pt her eaderk nowbef or er eadi ngt he paperwhati nf or mat i oni si nc l udedi nt he appendi c es[ al wa y sl i s tt heappendi xor appendi c esi nat abl eofc ont ent s ] . 4. Theappendi xc anbeagood pl acet oputmaps ,phot ogr aphs ,di agr ams , fy ouf eel andot hernont ext ual el ement s,i t hati twi l l hel pt her eadert ounder s t andt he c ont entofy ourpaper . 5. Anappendi xs houl dbe oadedwi t hal ot s t r eaml i nedandnotl i nf or mat i on.I fy ouhav eav er yl ongand c ompl exappendi x ,i ti sagoodi deat obr eak i tdowni nt os epar at eappendi ces ,al l owi ng t her eadert ofindr el ev anti nf or mat i on qui ckl y . 1.

M4: Format Her ear es omegener algui del i nesonhowt of or mat appendi ces ,butcons ul tt hewr i t i ngst y l egui de[ e. g. , APA]y ourpr of ess orwant sy out ous ef ort hecl as s , i fneeded:

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ec edeorf ol l ow Appendi cesmaypr y ourl i s tofr ef er enc es . Eachappendi xbegi nsonanew page. Theor dert heyar epr es ent edi s di ct at edbyt heor dert heyar ement i onedi n t het ex tofy ourr es ear c hpaper . Theheadi ngshoul dbe" Appendi x , " f ol l owedbyal et t erornumber[ e. g. ," Appendi x A"or" Appendi x1" ] ,cent er edandwr i t t eni n bol d. Appendi cesmus tbel i s t edi nt he t abl eofcont ent s . Thepagenumber ( s)oft he appendi x/ appendi ceswi l l cont i nueonwi t ht he number i ngf r om t hel as tpageoft het ext .

M4: Content Appendi cesmayi ncl udesomeoft hef ol l owi ng,al l ofwhi chshoul dber ef er r edt oors ummar i z edi nt he t ex tofy ourpaper : o o o o o o o o o o o o o

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MODULE 4: Guidelines on Research Paper Presentation Oneoft heexpect edout put sofar esear chst udyi si t s pr esent at i on f ort he publ i c .Resear c h out put scan be pr esent ed or al l y ort hr ough a pos t er .I nt hi s modul e, st udent swi l ll ear naboutt hebasi cel ement si nanor al pr esent at i on. Or al pr esent at i ons ar e usual l y suppl ement edwi t hasl i deshow ( eg.Power poi nt )si nce y ourl i st ener st endt or et ai nmor eofwhati spr esent ed whent heybot hhearandseei t .Or alpr esent at i onsar e used f or bot h academi c pur poses ( eg. Thesi s/ Di sser t at i ondef ensebef or eapanel )aswel las f or pr of essi onal educ at i on and dev el opment ( eg. pr esent at i onsi nc ol l oqui umsors ymposi a) .

What is an oral presentation Or alpr es ent at i onsar ef or mal ,r es ear chbased( i e. pr esent sfi ndi ngsofa s t udy )pr es ent at i on ofy our wor k .These c an occ urata numberofsev er al pl acessuc h asatwor k .Notonl yr es ear chbased c ompani es do r es ear ch. Nonr es ear ch bas ed c ompani esal soper f or mr esear c h,al bei tonamuc h s mal l ers c al e.Dat at hatt hec ompanyhasi sbei ng s t udi ed i n or der t o i mpr ov e pr oduc t s and s er v i c es .Lear ni nghow t oc ons t r uc tanddel i v eran effec t i v eor alpr es ent at i oni sausef ul s ki l l . I nt hi sc ont ex t , we’ r er ef er r i ng t o or al pr esent at i onsgi v ent or epor tonar es ear chpr oj ect andy ourr esear c hfi ndi ngs . Preparing for the presentation

Good pr es ent er s ar e engagi ng and wi l l del i v ermemor abl e pr es ent at i ons .Thi si s an ar t . Onewayt ogety oumot i v at edi st ot hi nkofsomeof t hebes tpr esent er sy ou' v eseen.I tmi ghthav ebeen at eac her ,al ect ur er ,ors omeoney ou' v eseenon TED t al k .Thi nk ofhow t hey ' v ec apt i v at ed t hei r audi enceandt r yt odet er mi newhi chst yl es ui t sy ou. Af ew t echni quesofgoodpr es ent er si ncl ude t el l i ngandshowi ng.Goodpr es ent er sar eof t enabl e t o shar ei nf or mat i on by t el l i ng peopl e aboutt hei r r esear c h or wor k , but al so by s howi ng t hei r r esear c h orwor kt hr ough c har t s ,gr aphs ,phot os , s hor tv i deos ,orot hermedi a. Goodpr es ent er sal s ohav esomemast er yov er .They ’ r ec omf or t abl et al ki ng about t hei rmat er i al whatt hey do,whatt hei rr es ear c hi s about ,and whatt hey acc ompl i s hi nt hei r wor k .And good pr esent er s pr ac t i ce t al ki ng aboutt hei rwor k and s har i ngt hei rst or i es—pr act i cei spar tofwhatmak es t hei rpr es ent at i onssos moot h. Anot hert ec hni que ofa good pr es ent eri s bei ng c omf or t abl e whi l e pr es ent i ng. Good pr esent er sl ookl i k et hey ’ r ehav i ngagoodt i meand l ookl i k et hey’ r ec omf or t abl epr es ent i ng.Theydon’ t s t andwi t ht hei rs houl der shunc hedort hei rhandsi n t hei rpock et s .They mak e ey e cont actwi t ht hei r audi ence,and t hey of t en us ef aci aland hand ges t ur esast heyspeak —s mi l i ngt oconv eyaf unny poi ntorhol di ngt hei rpal msupqui zz i cal l yt oconv ey apr obl em t heyf ac ed.

How canyouavoi dpr esent at i onpi t f al l s? St udent smayfi ndi tdi fficul tandmayf aces ome pr ess ur ewhenhavi ngt opr es entanent i r est udyi n Ther ear eaf ewt hi ngsy ou’ l ldefini t el ywantt o al i mi t edt i me.Whati sexpect edofunder gr aduat e c onsi derwhenpr esent i ngy ourr esear c h: o 20mi nut e r esear c h st udent s i s a 15 t pr esent at i on.Out l i ni ng t he pr es ent at i on i sagr eat 1. Fami l i ar i z e your sel fwi t ht he t echni ques way t o getst ar t ed on maki ng t he pr es ent at i on. of good pr esent er s.No one i s bor n a Us ual l y ,t hef ol l owi ngf or mat / out l i newi l lsuffice: mast er f ulpr esent er ,andr eal l ygoodpr es ent er s pr act i c eal ot .  Ti t l e 2. Know what t o expect wher e you’ r e  Bac k gr oundoft heSt udy pr esent i ng.Youwon’ twantt os how upwi t ha  Obj ec t i v esoft heSt udy fl ash dr i v e wi t h y our s naz zy s l i deshow  St at ementoft hePr obl em pr esent at i on i ft her e’ s onl y an ol ds c hool  Hy pot hes esoft heSt udy( i fany ) ov er head/ t r ans par enc y pr oj ect or i n y our  Si gni fic anceoft heSt udy pr esent at i onr oom.Li k ewi se,y ouwon’ twantt o  Res ear c hDes i gn s how up wi t ha l i nkt o an onl i ne pr es ent at i on  Met hodol ogyf orDat aCol l ect i on ( e. g. ,aPr ez i orapr esent at i onst or edonGoogl e  Res ul t soft heSt udy( wi t hdi sc uss i on) Dr i v e)i ft her ei s n’ tan I nt er netc onnect i on i n  Conc l usi ons y ourpr es ent at i on r oom.Ask t he c onf er enc e  Rec ommendat i ons or gani z er swhatt ec hnol ogyy ourr oom wi l lhav e av ai l abl e;of t en,pr esent er sneedt oar r angeor What do good presenters do?

r eques t t ec hnol ogy i n adv anc e of t he c onf er enc e. 3. Pr act i ce your t i mi ng!At pr of es si onal c onf er enc es ,15mi nut esmeans15mi nut es .I f y ou go ov ery ourt i me l i mi t ,y ou c utofft he pr esent at i on t i me ofot her si ny ours es si on. Pr act i c ey ourpr es ent at i onoutl oudnotonl yt o getc omf or t abl ewi t hy ourmat er i al ,butt omak e s ur ey ouhav epl annedanappr opr i at eamount ofi nf or mat i onf ort het i mey ou’ l lhav e. 4. Bepr epar edemai ly our sel fanex t r ac opy ofy ourPower Poi ntpr esent at i on i nc ase y our fl ashdr i v ei s n' twor ki ng. MODULE5:Resear chPost er

As ment i oned i n t he pr ev i ous modul e, anot hermodeofpr es ent at i onofy ourr es ear c h s t udyi st hr oughpos t er s .A s c i ent i ficr es ear ch pos t ers houl dbeabl et oconv eyt hemess age oft hes t udy-i t sfi ndi ngsandr ec ommendat i ons t o t he audi ence. The pos t er s houl d be c ompl et ewi t hal l t henec es s ar yel ement soft he r esear c hs t udyi nor dert osuppor tt hefindi ngs and conc l usi ons . Thi si s al so one of t he ex pect ed out put s f or our under gr aduat e r esear c hs t udent s .

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Wor dc ountofabout300t o800wor ds Tex ti sc l earandt ot hepoi nt Us eofbul l et s ,number i ng,and headl i nesmak ei teas yt or ead Effec t i v eus eofgr aphi cs ,col orandf ont s Cons i s t entandc l eanl ay out I nc l udesac knowl edgment s ,y ourname andi ns t i t ut i onal affil i at i on( i nsomepos t er c ompet i t i ons ,t hei ns t i t ut i onal affil i at i oni s as k edt obeomi t t ed)

Wher edoIbegi n? Ans wert hes et hr eequest i ons : 1. Whati st hemos t i mpor t ant / i nt er es t i ng/ as t oundi ngfindi ng f r om myr esear c hpr oj ec t ? 2. Howc anIvi s ual l ys har emy r es ear c hwi t hc onf er enc eat t endees ? Shoul dIus ec har t s ,gr aphs,phot os , i mages ? 3. Whatki ndofi nf or mat i onc anI c onv eydur i ngmyt al kt hatwi l l c ompl ement mypos t er ?

Whati sar esear chpost er ?

Pos t er sar ewi del yus edi nt heac ademi c c ommuni t y , and mos tc onf er ences i nc l ude pos t er pr es ent at i ons i n t hei r pr ogr am. Res ear c h pos t er s summar i z ei nf or mat i on or r esear c hc onc i s el y and at t r ac t i v el yt o hel p publ i c i z ei tandgener at edi s c us s i on.( t ex t ual+ nont ex t ual el ement s) Thepos t eri sus ual l yami x t ur eofabr i ef t ex tmi x ed wi t ht abl es ,gr aphs ,pi c t ur es ,and onf er ence, ot herpr es ent at i on f or mat s.Ata c t he r es ear c hers t ands by t he post erdi s pl ay whi l eot herpar t i c i pant sc anc omeandvi ew t he pr es ent at i onandi nt er actwi t ht heaut hor .

Us ual l yt hef ol l owi ngout l i newi l l suffic e:  

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Whatmakesagoodpost er ? Thef ol l owi ngar ec har ac t er i s t i c sofagood pos t er :  

I mpor t anti nf or mat i ons houl dbe r eadabl ef r om about10f eetaway Ti t l ei sshor tanddr awsi nt er es t

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Abs t r act( maybeomi t t ed,dependi ng ont hev enueoft hepr es ent at i on) I nt r oduct i on o Bac k gr oundoft heSt udy o Obj ec t i v esoft heSt udy o Si gni fi canc eoft heSt udy Met hodol ogy o Sc hemat i cDi agr am o Pi c t ur esofex per i ment s( i f any ) Res ul t sandDi s c us s i on o I mpor t antRes ul t s( gr aphi c pr es ent at i on) o Summar yofFi ndi ngs Conc l us i ons Recommendat i ons Ref er enc es( 1or2i mpor t ant )

Sampl eofapoor l yconst r uct edpost er : 1.Post er sr ar el yneedabs t r act s

2.Textdi ss ol v esi nt oi nt i mi dat i ngbor i nggr ay 3.Toos mal l andt oomuc h 4.Capt i onnotal i gnedwi t hfigur e

Whydowec ar eaboutt hepr obl em? Whatpr act i c al ,s ci ent i fic ,t heor et i cal ,orar t i s t i c gapi sy ourr es ear c hfi l l i ng ?

5.Cr ammed

Whatsof t war ecanIuset omakeapost er ?

hods/ pr ocedur e/ appr oach: 2)Met

Power Poi nt

Whatdi dy ouac t ual l ydot ogety ourr es ul t s ? ( e. g.anal y z ed3nov el s ,c ompl et edas er i esof 5oi lpai nt i ngs ,i nt er v i ewed17s t udent s )

Apopul ar ,eas y t ous eopt i on. AdobeI l l ust r at or ,Phot oshop andI nDesi gn Feat ur er i chpr of es si onal s of t war et hati sgood f orpos t er si nc l udi ngl ot sofhi ghr es ol ut i on i mages ,butt heyar emor ec ompl exand ex pens i v e.

t s/ findi ngs/ pr oduct : 3)Resul Asar es ul tofc ompl et i ngt heabov epr ocedur e, whatdi dy oul ear n/ i nv ent / c r eat e ?

OpenSour ceAl t er nat i ves OpenOffice( Li nk st oanex t er nal s i t e. )i nt he f r eeal t er nat i v et oMSOffic e( I mpr es si si t s Power Poi ntal t er nat i v e) .I nkscape( Li nk st oan ex t er nal s i t e. )andGi mp( Li nk st oanex t er nal s i t e. )ar eal t er nat i v est oAdobepr oduc t s .For c har t sanddi agr amst r yGl i ffy( Li nk st oan ex t er nal s i t e. )orLovel yChar t s( Li nk st oan ex t er nal s i t e. ) .Ac ompl et el i s toff r eegr aphi cs Li nk st oanex t er nal s i t e. ) . s of t war e( [ Lec ]

4)Concl usi on/ i mpl i cat i ons: Whatar et hel ar geri mpl i c at i onsofy our findi ngs ,es pec i al l yf ort hepr obl em/ gap i dent i fi edi nst ep1? Qual i t i esofaGoodAbst r act  

M5:Gui del i nesi nWr i t i ngaResear ch Abst r act DI SCUSSI ON: 

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Resear chabst r act sar eus ed t hr oughoutt her es ear c hc ommuni t y t opr ov i deaconc i s edes cr i pt i onofa r es ear c hpr oj ect . I ti st y pi cal l yashor tsummar yof y ourc ompl et edr es ear c h. I fdonewel l ,i tmak est her eader wantt ol ear nmor eabouty our r es ear c h.

Thes ear et hebas i cc omponent sofanabs t r act i nanydi s ci pl i ne: 1)Mot i vat i on/ pr obl em st at ement :

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Wel l dev el opedpar agr aphsar euni fi ed, c oher ent ,conc i se,andabl et os t andal one Us esani nt r oduct i on/ body/ c onc l us i on s t r uc t ur et hatpr es ent st hear t i c l e,paper ,or r epor t ' spur pose,r es ul t s ,c onc l us i ons ,and r ec ommendat i onsi nt hator der Fol l owss t r i c t l yt hec hr onol ogyoft he ar t i c l e,paper ,orr epor t Pr ov i desl ogi cal c onnect i ons( or t r ans i t i ons)bet weent hei nf or mat i on i nc l uded Addsnonewi nf or mat i on,butsi mpl y s ummar i z est her epor t I sunder s t andabl et oawi deaudi enc e Of t ent i mesus espas s i v ev er bst o downpl ayt heaut horandemphas i z et he i nf or mat i on(NO ABBREVI ATI ONS)

M5:St epsi nWr i t i ngEffect i veAbst r act s St epsi nWr i t i ngEffect i veAbst r act 1.Rer eadt hear t i c l e,paper ,orr epor twi t ht he goal ofabs t r act i ngi nmi nd.

2.Looks pec i fic al l yf ort hes emai npar t soft he ar t i c l e,paper ,orr epor t :

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a.pur pose b.met hods

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d.r esul t s d.concl usi ons e.r ecommendat i ons.

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f .keywor ds( APA) I fy ourpaperwi l l bepubl i s hed,y oumi ghthav e t oaddal i stofk eywor dsatt heendoft he ek eywor dss houl dr ef er encet he abs t r act .Thes mosti mpor t antel ement soft her es ear c ht o ndy ourpaperdur i ng hel ppot ent i al r eader sfi t hei rownl i t er at ur es ear c hes .

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Beawar et hats omepubl i c at i onmanual s ,s uc h asAPASt yl e,hav espec i fi cf or mat t i ng ( Li nk s t oanex t er nal s i t e. ) r equi r ement sf ort hes e k ey wor ds . DO' sandDONT' Si nwr i t i ngt heAbst r act  

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I fy ou' r ewr i t i nganabs t r actabout anot herper s on' sar t i c l e,paper ,or r epor t ,t hei nt r oduct i onandt he n. s ummar yar egoodpl acest obegi Thes ear easgener al l yc ov erwhat t hear t i c l eemphas i z es . St ar tbywr i t i ngas ummar yt hat i nc l udeswhat ev eri si mpor t ant Af t ery ou' v efini s hedr er eadi ngt he ar t i c l e,paper ,orr epor t ,wr i t ear ough dr af twi t houtl ooki ngbac katwhat y ou' r eabs t r ac t i ng. Onepar agr aph,100250wor ds whi chs ummar i z est hepur pos e, met hods ,r es ul t sandconcl us i onsof t hepaper ,onepage,s i ngl es pac ed Gr adual l ypr unei tdownt os i z eby r emov i ngunnec es s ar ywor ds

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Don' tmer el ycopyk eys ent enc es f r om t hear t i c l e,paper ,orr epor t : y ou' l l puti nt oomuc hort ool i t t l e i nf or mat i on. Don’ tus eabbr ev i at i onsorc i t at i ons i nt heabs t r ac t Don' tr el yont hewaymat er i al was phr as edi nt hear t i c l e,paper ,or r epor t :s ummar i z ei nf or mat i oni na newway . Donotcommencewi t h" t hi s paper …” ," t hi sr epor t …"ors i mi l ar .I t her es ear c h i sbet t ert owr i t eaboutt t hanaboutt hepaper . Donotex pl ai nt hes ec t i onsorpar t s oft hepaper . Av oi ds ent enc est hatendi n" …i s des cr i bed" ," …i sr epor t ed" ," …i s anal y z ed"ors i mi l ar . Donotbegi ns ent enceswi t h" i ti s s ugges t edt hat …”" i ti sbel i ev ed t hat …" ," i ti sf el t t hat …"ors i mi l ar .I nev er yc as e,t he f ourwor dsc anbeomi t t edwi t hout damagi ngt he ess ent i al mes s age. Donotr epeatorr ephr aset het i t l e. Donotr ef ert ot heabs t r ac tt o i nf or mat i ont hati snoti nt he doc ument . I fpos s i bl e,av oi dt r adenames , ac r ony ms ,abbr ev i at i ons ,ors ymbol s. Youwoul dneedt o ex pl ai nt hem,andt hatt ak est oo muc hr oom.

6. Panel examiner’s full name and highest degree. 7. Grade of the research.

The Preliminaries of the Research Paper

8. Complete data of the comprehensive examination passed. 9. Complete data of submission.

1.Title page

10. Dean’s full name and highest degree.

2.Approval sheet

Acknowledgments

3.Acknowledgments

This is another preliminary section of research in which the researcher expresses his gratitude to the different persons who assisted, facilitated, oriented, and guided him to make his research work reality.

4.Contents 5.Tables 6.Figures 7.Abstract Title Page It is the first page of the research paper, thesis and dissertation but the page number is not indicated. The title page presents the: -title -kind of research work -research paper -the faculty -name of the school -the submission statement -the degree granted -full name of the researcher -month and year the degree should be granted Approval sheet It is the second paper of the research paper, thesis and dissertation which furnished the following information. 1.Complete title of the research 2.Full name of the investigator 3.Degree to which the research paper, thesis or dissertation is applied for. 4.Statement of acceptance and approval. 5.Adviser’s full name and highest degree.

The researcher should recognize and appreciate the assistance, guidance and selfless effort and wise counsel of his adviser and reader. Contents • Many research aper, write ups have a title for ‘contents’ as “ TABLE OF CONTENTS”. The former is preferable because it is understood that content of a research paper include the list of all the preliminaries--the chapter titles, the main heading and subheadings in the text including the bibliography, appendix and curriculum vitae. • The page number of contents is indicated at the bottom in a small roman numeral, for instance: iv, and succeeding pages are indicated along the right hand margin in small roman numerals and so on. • Page number of each section in the contents is indicated at the right hand margin similarly appearing in the text. Tables The list of tables should follow the list of contents. If there are only two or three tables in the text of research papers they may be omitted in the listing. All captions should appear exactly the same in the listing. There are two ways of numbering tables: 1.Numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals throughout the paper. 2.They are doubled numbered based on the chapter number in Arabic numerals.

• The first letter of the first word and all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs of table captions should be capitalized. • In the text captions table...